Like Adam, Formed From Clay,

Commitment, By Its Nature, Frees Us From Ourselves And, While It Stands Us In Opposition To Some, It Joins Us With Others Similarly Committed. Commitment Moves Us From The Mirror Trap Of The Self Absorbed With The Self To The Freedom Of A Community Of Shared Values.

My Characters Are Actually Usually Pretty Smart And Admirable.

The Men On The Trading Floor May Not Have Been To School, But They Have Ph.d.’s In Man’s Ignorance.

Yet Another Hedge Fund Manager Explained Icelandic Banking To Me This Way: You Have A Dog, And I Have A Cat. We Agree That Each Is Worth A Billion Dollars. You Sell Me The Dog For A Billion, And I Sell You The Cat For A Billion. Now We Are No Longer Pet Owners But Icelandic Banks, With A Billion Dollars In New Assets.

Even As Late As The Summer Of 2006, As Home Prices Began To Fall, It Took A Certain Kind Of Person To See The Ugly Facts And React To Them-to Discern, In The Profile Of The Beautiful Young Lady, The Face Of An Old Witch.